Published June 23, 2022 | Version v1
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Changes in the length of speeches in English plays (1538-1642): a linear mixed models approach

  • 1. School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
  • 2. School of Humanities and Performing Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
  • 3. School of Humanities, Creative Industries, and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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Study of changing speech lengths in words in English plays 1538-1642, confirming the claim previously made that the mode of speech lengths changed from 9 to 4 around 1600, and exploring the contribution of various independent variables to the variation using linear mixed models. 

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